Asclepias
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Who told you racism was a component of ancient slavery? People enslaved whoever back then with no regard to race. BTW I didnt state he did start racism. I asked if it was possible that he along with the other Greeks started it.?You must be the one that is illiterate. I never said Aristotle started slavery. Are you brain dead? You do realize that racism and slavery was only an issue later on in mans journey and have nothing to do with each other? You also seem to not realize that Babylon is hardly the beginning of mankind. You must have attended a public school and stopped your education at that point.To pin it[slavery] on Aristotle [3rd centuryBC] is way beyond absurd!!
Why should I believe you that its absurd?
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Slaves in Babylon: 18th century BC
Information about slaves in early societies relates mainly to their legal status, which is essentially that of an object - part of the owner's valuable property. The Code of Hammurabi, fromBabylon in the 18th century BC, gives chilling details
Read more:HISTORY OF SLAVERY
You stated that he essentially started racism. Slavery is the apex of racism and this clearly predates Aristotle. How can you not see the connection here?
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